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Cross bow
Object Number 2010.13.1
Display Title Cross bow
Descriptions
Object Description Cross bow
Inventory Description Cross bow, carved wood, separated plant fiber string
Classification
  • Bow
Department Ethnographic
Date 1972 or earlier
Culture
  • Pygmy
  • Efe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Ituri Forest
Materials Wood Sheet metal Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 8 × 83.5 × 42.5 cm (3 1/8 × 32 7/8 × 16 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2010.13.1
Credit Line Gift of Anonymous
Provenance
Collector Anonymous (1972)
Donor Donated by Anonymous (8/24/2010)

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